Drinking From the Twitter Firehose: I Love the Stream, But I Need More Filters and Bridges
The stream has become the dominant form for content consumption, especially...
Category Archives: Opinion
Nice Try, Dow Jones, But Your “hot News” Case is Doomed — the News is Everywhere Now
Dow Jones is suing a British news service, alleging that it...
The Period is Pissed. When Did Our Plainest Punctuation Mark Become So Aggressive?
The period was always the humblest of punctuation marks. Recently,...
Ann Okerson on the State of Open Access: Where Are We, What Still Needs to Be Done?
One of a series exploring the current state of Open Access...
No, Writing for Free Isn’t Slavery, and Other Misconceptions About the Economics of Online Media
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, an author...
Computer Science Pioneer Jaron Lanier Discusses Big Data, Privacy at NYPL
The original developers of network technology wanted to democratize access...
There’s One Good Thing About the Newspaper Industry Decline — More Innovation is Happening
Despite the fact that they are in financial distress — or...
De Gruyter’s Sven Fund on the State of Open Access: Where Are We, What Still Needs to Be Done?
One of a series exploring the current state of Open Access...
